All Building articles in 2008 Issue 11 – Page 4
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NewsPropertys pedal power
More than 140 cyclists, including Building website editor Alex Smith (centre, in the orange top) freewheeled into Mipim last week after riding up to 1,500km from London to Cannes.
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Pavestone taken over
Irish building supplier CRH has bought Texas-based Pavestone Group for £269m, including debt. Pavestone employs 1,300 people and turned over £182m in 2007.
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Comment
Material matters
I am glad Mr Woolas has spoken out, as recorded in your article “Minister predicts death of brick and concrete in decades” (3 March, building.co.uk).
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CommentTop project managers' websites: Mismanagement
In the latest of our series examining the accessibility of the industry’s websites, Martin Hornagold looks at what works and what doesn’t on project managers’ pages
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Room for improvement
In reply to Joe Martin’s letter “Easy as LCC” (7 March, page 39), I thoroughly endorse his exhortation to do life-cycle costing (LCC).
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NewsA healthy return
Grangefield Estates has submitted these plans for a “health mall” in Manchester city centre.
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Gibbs profit rises
Builders merchant Gibbs and Dandy has reported a 11% rise in pre-tax profit to £4.5m in 2007.
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CommentSupercasinos: Manchester’s legal gamble
Manchester council says it may sue over the decision to axe the supercasino. But will it succeed? And what are the wider questions for construction?
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Report recommends ‘fit notes’
A government report into occupational health has recommended that sick notes should be replaced by “fit notes” detailing what a person can do.
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FeaturesServer farms: Where the internet lives
They may look like simple sheds but server farms are the nerve centres of the digital age. And considering they can cost up to £1,000/ft2, building them is big business for M&E contractors. Report includes sustainability discussion
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FeaturesStructures in an exhibition
An exhibition opens this week that celebrates one of the unsung heroes of 20th century design: the structural engineer. The show, titled Unseen Hands: 100 Years of Structural Engineering, will be at the V&A museum in London until September as part of the Institution of Structural Engineers’ 100th anniversary celebrations. ...
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Thames tunnel planned to link Essex and Kent
Rail crossing expected to take millions of freight miles off the road each year
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NewsThe Scottish enlightenment
Cardinal Newman High School in Bellshill, near Glasgow, was lit up last week as part of North Lanarkshire council’s initiative to promote the area for regeneration and growth.
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Lorne Stewart to move into Middle East to double turnover
M&E services group Lorne Stewart will move into the Middle East to help double turnover to £500m by 2012.
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Directors join Erinaceous exodus
Two senior members of staff leave troubled consultant to join EC Harris
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FeaturesDare to be different: Elm Park, Dublin
Bucholz McEvoy Architects’ Elm Park is a stunning £300m mixed-use, sustainable extension to Dublin, made all the more attractive by the charmless dross that surrounds it.
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FeaturesWhat news on the Croisette?
Cannes braced itself last week as the brogue and court shoe-clad feet of the property and construction industries pounded its streets for Mipim.
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Comment
Costly mistakes
Late payment is to do with weak legislation, of which the big boys take advantage.